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  2. Demon core - Wikipedia

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    The demon core (like the core used in the bombing of Nagasaki) was, when assembled, a solid 6.2-kilogram (14 lb) sphere measuring 8.9 centimeters (3.5 in) in diameter.. It consisted of three parts made of plutonium-gallium: two hemispheres and an anti-jet ring, designed to keep neutron flux from "jetting" out of the joined surface between the hemispheres during implosi

  3. Mysterious orb zooming past NYC accidentally caught on film ...

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    The orb appears white in the distance and takes on a blue tint as it gets closer to the camera. The potential object outpaces every boat on the Hudson and quickly arcs its way past the news chopper.

  4. Osmotic power - Wikipedia

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    Osmotic power, salinity gradient power or blue energy is the energy available from the difference in the salt concentration between seawater and river water. Two practical methods for this are reverse electrodialysis (RED) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO). Both processes rely on osmosis with membranes. The key waste product is brackish water ...

  5. The Eidolon - Wikipedia

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    Green orbs also have the power to transform other enemies into different kinds of enemies. Blue orbs can freeze enemies temporarily, giving the player a momentary advantage in a fight. Each level contains three diamonds, each guarded by an enemy of a specific color. After defeating each of these enemies and collecting the diamonds, the player ...

  6. Will-o'-the-wisp - Wikipedia

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    The swampy area of Massachusetts known as the Bridgewater Triangle has folklore of ghostly orbs of light, and there have been modern observations of these ghost-lights in this area as well. The fifollet (or feu-follet) of Louisiana derives from the French. The legend says that the fifollet is a soul sent back from the dead to do God's penance ...

  7. Ball lightning - Wikipedia

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    Ball lightning is a possible source of legends that describe luminous balls, such as the mythological Anchimayen from Argentinean and Chilean Mapuche culture.. According to a statistical investigation carried out in 1960, of 1,962 Oak Ridge National Laboratory monthly role personnel, and of all 15,923 Union Carbide Nuclear Company personnel in Oak Ridge, found 5.6% and 3.1% respectively ...

  8. Backscatter (photography) - Wikipedia

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    A single orb in the center of the photo, at the person's knee level Main article: Spirit photography § "Orbs" Some ghost hunters have claimed that orb shaped visual artifacts appearing in photographs are spirits of the dead.

  9. Ectoplasm (paranormal) - Wikipedia

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    In Spiritualism, ectoplasm is said to be formed by physical mediums when in a trance state. This material is excreted as a gauze-like substance from orifices on the medium's body and spiritual entities are said to drape this substance over their nonphysical body, enabling them to interact in the physical and real universe.